(a) Purpose. The "MDR" Medium Density Residential district includes a range of housing options at a range of price points and styles, including condominiums, townhomes, row houses, and mid-rise multi-tenant buildings at an average gross density between 10-20 dwelling units per acre.
(b) Lot Development Standards.
Lot Area Dimensions | Use | Standard |
Lot Area Per Dwelling Unit | Duplex | 3,125 square feet minimum |
Multiple Family | 2,000 square feet per one bedroom dwelling unit minimum plus 500 square feet for each additional bedroom | |
Single Family | 6,000 square feet minimum | |
All Other Uses | ||
Lot Width | All Other Uses | 50 feet minimum |
Multiple Family | 150 feet minimum | |
Setbacks | ||
Principal | ||
Front Yard | All | 20 feet minimum |
Side Yard | All | 6 feet minimum for each yard; 15 feet minimum for total side yards |
Rear Yard | All | 30 feet minimum |
Accessory | ||
From Principal Structure | 10 feet minimum | |
Front Yard | Not Permitted | |
Side Yard | 3 feet minimum | |
Rear Yard | 3 feet minimum | |
Size | 25% maximum rear yard coverage and 60% maximum square feet of principal structure footprint | |
Coverage | ||
Maximum Lot Coverage | All | 45% |
Height | ||
Principal Building | All | 35 feet maximum |
Multiple Family | 40 feet maximum | |
Accessory Building | 20 feet maximum or no taller than principal structure, whichever is less | |
(c) Accessory Uses. Accessory uses, structures, buildings, or facilities customarily incidental and subordinate to the principally permitted use, structure, building, or facility shall be as permitted on the same lot, subject to the standards of Chapter 1128: Supplemental and Accessory Regulations.
(d) Permitted Uses in the MDR District
Residential |
Duplex |
Fourplex |
Multiple Family |
Single Family Attached Dwelling |
Residential Care and Congregate Residential |
Development Disability 1-5 Unrelated Persons |
Development Disability 6-8 Unrelated Persons |
Mental Health or Substance Abuse 1-5 Unrelated Persons |
Institutional/Public/Semi-Public |
Child Day Care Type A |
Child Day Care Type B |
Community Garden |
Essential Public Services and Utilities |
Park, Playground |
Religious Places of Worship |
School, Elementary and Secondary for Academic Instruction |
(e) Conditional Uses in the MDR District
Residential |
Single Family Detached Dwelling |
Residential Care and Congregate Residential |
Assisted Living |
Development Disability 9-16 Unrelated Persons |
Elderly Care |
Life or Continuing Care |
Mental Health or Substance Abuse 6-16 Unrelated Persons |
Other Not Listed as Approved by the Zoning Administrator |
Institutional/Public/Semi-Public |
Public Recreation and Community Center |
Public Safety Facility |
Wireless Telecommunication Antenna, Facility and/or Tower |
(Ord. 34-17. Effective 12-7-17; Ord. 21-19. Passed 4-1-19.)